Alexander L. Shah, 28270 L Burton Fletcher Ct.

, Bonita Springs, FL 34135

Telephone: 239-221-8531/239-405-3932, email: as8be16c@westpost.net
SUMMARY:
In the course of my career I worked on Internet projects having both commercial
and educational content. My long-term goal is to facilitate understanding in a d
iverse global setting and create educational systems through the Internet. I am
looking for a dynamic and goal-oriented team environment in which I can utilize
all the skills that have made me successful in my career. I am an independent-mi
nded team player who gets the job done. I specialize in Web design of rich Inter
net applications (RIA) using XHTML/CSS/jQuery and C#.
Summary of Project highlights and accomplishments include:
In-depth experience in integrated use of front-end web site design technologies
(XHTML/CSS/Javascript).
Proficiency in Dreamweaver, Photoshop, (UI design with version control).
Specializing in jQuery, CSS and XML (design and code maintenance).
A team player with excellent artistic and technical foundation, communication a
nd interpersonal skills.
The link to the online portfolio: http://www.bigblackbag.net/websites/default2.
asp?WebsiteID=9860
SKILL SET:
Platforms and Frameworks: Classic ASP, .Net 2.0/3.5., MVC
Languages: C#, jQuery (Javascript)
RDBMS: MySQL, Access 98/2000/2002
Development Tools Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/2008, Dreamweaver CS3, Microsoft
SQL Server Studio, Photoshop CS3/CS4, Illustrator CS3, Flash, InDesign CS3, Acr
obat 7,8, Premier Pro CS2, ImageReady CS2, Bryce 6.0/DAZ Studio, MS Office 2007,
Magix Xtreme, AutoCAD 2002, Wolfram Mathematica 6.0, Sound Forge 8.0
Web Servers: Internet Information Server 5/6/7.5 and Apache
Internet Technologies/Frameworks: XHTML, CSS/DOM, Javascript (jQuery), VBScript
, Ajax (RIA)
Protocols: TCP/IP, SNMP, SMTP, FTP, X.25, PPP, WWW
EDUCATION:
Master of Military History: 2006-2008, Norwich University M.A. 2008 (cum laude
)
Florida Department of Edu: Social Studies 6-12 and Math 5-9 Certification, 2005
-2010
Kean University: BS program in Computer Science
Seton Hall University: 1990-1994 B.A. 1994 (cum laude) Major: Political Scienc
e
LANGUAGES:
English, Serbo-Croatian, French, Latin, Russian
WORK EXPERIENCE & PROJECTS:
Neighborhood America July 2008 - July 2010
I am working as a UI engineer in this Social Networking company from Naples, Flo
rida. The work I performed (for the companys CONVERGE and UNIFY line of site pro
ducts/services) included the development of public comment and social networking
web sites on Classic ASP and .NET platforms, using VBScript/jQuery (for ASP) an
d C# for .Net. Experience in working with SQL Server Studio 2005 building querie
s to serve the Quality Assurance department. I did the troubleshooting of the .N
et codebehind pages written in C# to identify the weaknesses in the feature-rich
, data-driven, and interactive social networking application site. I created dll
s for project codebase. Participated in product scalability improvement efforts.
Custom-designed commercial, content-based and advertising-oriented web sites. I
utilized XHTML (with Ajax for richer interactivity of the user interface) to en
hance usability of web pages in Visual Studio.
Developed the graphical user interface (GUI) components in Javascript, Firework
s and ImageReady.
Built interactive graphic arts design images, rollovers, interactive slide show
s, and online as well as offline presentations using professional image-editing
and special effects manipulation software tools (chiefly Adobe ImageReady and Il
lustrator as well as Photoshop CS3).
They required an intranet Web site to keep their user community informed. I des
igned and created project site skins, branded logo image edits, framed page temp
lates, built XHTML/CSS/jQuerycode for pages of the site. My duties also included
a significant amount of JavaScript/DHTML programming, as well as image editing.
High School Mathematics Instructor July 2007 July 2008
I worked at Leaders Preparatory School in Orlando as the Mathematics teacher tas
ked to improve the school curriculum implementation, and students with remedial
learning needs through tutoring. I devised learning strategies, classroom cooper
ation tactics and fostered the team spirit to attain overall improvement in stud
ent understanding not only of the subject-matter but also of values that support
learning and productive classroom conduct. I taught the students the value of b
ooks, languages, logic, computers, and the Internet.
Projects Portfolio
2001-2007
On my own I worked as a developer on projects: Russian Round Table of South Miam
i, a University group for whom I built the web site http://russianroundtablesout
hmiami.com/; I re-designed ADP Medical Departments "HealthWatch" project; re-des
igned Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Inc.s Intranet "PershingWire" e-newsletter;
designed and developed the World History Enterprises educational portal site: w
ww.westernspirit.info/Morphology_of_History; worked on New Jersey Army National
Guard Morristown Armory project as well as on components of the main site (http:
//www.state.nj.us/military/), also built a chess analysis page for Chess Club of
South-West Florida: http://www.swfloridachessclub.com/AlexsBlog.html. I built t
he user-interface for www.lastatravels.com
I designed numerous stand-alone executable programs for corporate and governmen
t clients, and advertisements, instructional CDROMs, conference presentations su
ch as "The Timeline of American History" (for the New Jersey National Guard),
"War As the Natural State of Man" (for Norwich University).
Chief Projects Developer for AppletWorld-Spectra Marketing Inc. 08
/01/2001-08/01/2005
The work I pioneered at this advertising firm which I founded involved the use
of Internet technologies (Macromedia Director/ActionScript) for educational cont
ent- and commercial product-promotion with (marketing) campaigns. I was also in
charge of the UI design (DHMTL layouts, skins and wireframes).
In addition to hand-coding HTML/XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript, the project involve
d managing the presentation layer aspects of JSP code in a J2EE/Weblogic environ
ment. Worked with the Java Developer Team to integrate the front-end Web design
with the mid-tier JSP.
I designed and tested the ad-content for portals and splash pages as well as fo
r the artistic theme-centered composition. I conceptualized and created informat
ive historical presentations, interactive quiz CDROMs and animated storyline pre
sentations for the NJ National Guards Morristown museum ("Timeline of American H
istory" project, "America Through the Centuries" series, etc.) involving Macrome
dia Director, Bryce 6.0, Photoshop 7.0, SoundForge and ImageReady.
Developed and programmed numerous multimedia marketing standalone CDROM present
ations for commercial use using Director 8. Also I developed splash pages and si
te skins.
Digitas, LLC (New York) 04/01/2000-04/01/2001
Professional development of client web sites involving technologies related to
client-side web development using JavaScript/XML and DHTML.
I integrated the custom Mapquest search engine into the Ann Taylor.com web site
using a proprietary XML code as part of the comprehensive Ann Taylor site-strea
mline project.
Re-designed sites to provide customers with a point of contact and a source of
information about products and services, to serve as the landing pad for adverti
sing. I designed it using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, with ASP/VBScript and ADO conn
ecting to an Access database on the backend to track users and handle forms (the
sites were: Seagrams Crown Royal, Delta Airlines and American Express).
Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette, Intranet Site ("PershingWire") 03/01/1999-03/0
1/2000
Worked as the lead intranet site developer for the corporate news site of the P
ershing Division of DLJ, based out of Jersey City, New Jersey. I employed all th
e tools of front-end web development to build and streamline the site (HTML, DHT
ML, CSS, XML and Javascript). Built the wireframe, the layouts, the layers and t
he CSS tables for the site, which I tested and adjusted in accordance with instr
uction from other departments.
I worked as one of two HTML production engineers building Web pages within plat
form page templates. My duties included JavaScript/DHTML coding, as well as imag
e manipulation and optimization.
Chase Manhattan Bank, Distributed Computing Services division, 08/01/1998-02/0
1/1999
Worked as the Chase Y2K remediation effort network engineer and Chase Infrastru
cture Model (CIM) developer and verifier. I used Homesite HTML IDE to test the c
ode on client and server pages.
A lot of computer hardware at Chase was not tested for the "Year 2000 bug" and
my chief duty was to test this hardware (desktop and laptop computers) using my
computer-skills and in-house training knowledge. Provided corporate network-rela
ted technical customer support to CHASE employees.
Merck-Medco LLC. (Parsippany, NJ) 03/01/1995-08/01/1998
Worked as the Quality Assurance analyst responsible for the work of pharmacy we
bsite support desk
Ensured the smooth flow of computer website transactions using the proprietary
Telepaid system.
Assisted customers in understanding the functions of the nascent Internet appli
cations (browsers).
RESEARCH EFFORTS:
Participated on a project for the New Jersey Department of Military and Veteran
s Affairs (NJDMAVA) on the Morristown Armory Museum Project. In the summer of 20
01. I developed an interactive CDROM movie for the Corporal ODonnell Heritage Ro
om complex at the museum.
In 1999 I designed and implemented a weekly crime-statistic & police activity A
ccess 97 database for the entire Newark Police Dept.s West District HQ (a series
of Excel 97 police productivity calculation spreadsheets, for use in a Windows
9x environment). The effort was aimed at helping the department streamline its c
rime-statistics database and its crime-statistics data-tracking ability to meet
the challenges of dealing with the rise in urban crime.
Professional References:
Chris Barton: UI Department Director, Neighborhood America, Naples, FL, t
el: 850-591-1795
David Aitken Jr.: Senior UI Engineer, Neighborhood America, Naples, FL tel: 239
-248-5413
Sandra Gordon: President, Russian Round Table, South Miami, tel: 786-972-2302
William Berkey: retired CEO of Spectra Marketing, Inc. Henderson, NV: 702-892-
9196
Dr. Feryal Elkhaldy: School Principal, Leaders Preparatory School, Orlando, FL:
407-929-5746